It is a fact of life i'm afraid, Greg. Even when people respect each other =
they are still disconnected. It is the way we are genetically built. Compas=
sion amongst men is rare, money greed and power will always supersede. Man =
looks at animals as a food source, they disconnect from the very basics of =
life and devalue everything on the planet.
Take the USA for instance, Americans occupy 7% of the planet and use 75% of=
its recourses. why would man give a dam about anything else but himself!
There are pockets of people that do however and its up to those to educate =
the masses. It is pissing against the wind however but it does slow the pro=
cess down.
Noise in our environment has become a huge problem, 25 years ago it took me=
4-5 hours to record 1 pristine hour, today it takes around 2000 hours to g=
et the equivalent..
You will never change people, this is my experience but i would never give =
up. I will always fight for what i believe, I have gone from vegetarian to =
vegan now because of the milk trade and how bloody cruel it is. If we all b=
ecame vegetarian the soundscape would truly benefit....
You do what you do.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
www.naturesound.org
www.soundofcritters.com
425-898-0462
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Make every garden a wildlife habitat
On Jul 27, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Gregory O'Drobinak wrote:
> Martyn:
>
> Your work with these seals is commendable, and your energy is being appli=
ed with
> vigor. I agree with your message and I hope that the outcome will be good=
.
>
> As for myself, I am not in that same stream. I have just begun a new job =
after
> being laid off for over 2 months and it has taken me to a new place out i=
nt the
> country, a place I had never known of before, a place where there is an
> abundance of wonderful nature all around, yet is has it hitches: all of t=
he
> signs from the DNR in that area tell one that it is "supported by the hun=
ters
> and trappers and fishermen".
>
> Indeed, there are huge fields of corn planted everywhere by the DNR folks=
to
> fatten up the dear & the game in order to optimize the quality of the kil=
l for
> the hunter. There is also some industry around there that, fortunately, d=
oes not
> project much anthrophony for more than one square miles out of perhaps hu=
ndreds
> of square miles. But the State has gotten funding to develop this area mo=
re for
> industry which will surely advance the onslaught of anthrophony to cover =
more of
> the area with obnoxious noise. There are also areas in the nature preserv=
e that
> are not accessible due to that fact that there are still land mines plant=
ed in
> the fields.
>
> So where am I going with this? It's simple: the crux of the matter is tha=
t in
> many respects most people don't give a damn about nature, much less thems=
elves.
> And that's really my point.
>
> How do you expect people to care about the killing of nature when they do=
n't
> care about the killing effects that they have on themselves. That, in my=
> opinion, is what is what the real problem is here, people have lost respe=
ct for
> one another and the quality of life that so many need desperately every d=
ay. But
> the human killing continues, in often more ghastly ways than what is bein=
g
> bestowed on these poor seals. So I wonder, how do you expect the exploita=
tion of
> of nature to stop when the exploitation of humans continues?
>
> What is really needed here is a way to change the mindset of how humans v=
alue
> one another, then the rest of nature will become valued as well. You can'=
t do
> one without the other.
>
> I wish you well, but I wish for more than that. It is a *very* difficult =
problem
> to tackle. I try every day. I could tell you some stories, but I need to =
sleep
> right now. :>}
>
> Peace!
>
> -Greg
>
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